Safety money-drawer



(No Model.) M.YR.'DALBY.

SAFETY MONBYDR-AWER. v

10.528,082. Patented 001i?. 23;-1894.

.T0 all whom t may concern:

MICHAEL R. DALEY, or FALL RIVER, MAssAcHusETrs.

`SAFETY MONY-DRAWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of 4Letters Patent N o. 528,082, dated October 23, 1894.

Application iiled November 11, 1893. Serial No. 490.656. (No modeLl Be it known that I, MICHAEL R. DALEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Money-D rawers, and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompany' ing drawings, and to the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. i

My invention relates to money tills, and its object is to prevent mistakes in making change, and to detect any attempt on the part of a purchaser to make the tradesman believe that a bill of a larger denomination hasbeen given him, than that actually handed in.

The invention is applicable to any compartment till, but especially to the well known Miles alarm till, which is the one shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure lis a perspective view of the till, with the change tray broken away. Fig. 2, is a top plan view with the change tray removed. Fig. 3, is an elevation, partly in section, of the rear side of a part of the compartments. Fig. 4, is a perspective view of the right hand front corner, partly broken away. Fig. 5, is a perspective view of one of the movable covers. Fig. is a detail. Y

The front part of the till A, is divided into four compartments, 1, 2, 3, 4, each of a suitable length and Width to hold a `bank bill or a Treasury note. Compartment l is for ouedollar bills; compartment 2, for two-dollar bills; compartment 3, for five-dollar bills; and

compartment 4, for ten-dollar bills, and those of higher denominations. Above these compartments is a tray B, containing pockets for4 small change. The tray rests upon and slides on shoulders a on the inside of the till, so that it can be brought forward to cover the bill compartments, or slide back touncover them. At the back of the till is the alarm lock C. All these parts are of the usual construction and form no part of my invention.

To accomplish the objects above set forth, I place over the four bill compartments, three separate movable covers D, D', D2, each of the right size to cover one compartment. These `covers are suitably arranged in guides to slide to one side or the other; as for instance, by providing them on the under side with eyes d which engage with one or more rods or stout wires'E running transverse to the compartments, and fixed at each end in the sides of the till. These three covers, it will be seen, always leave one compartment open, and this may be any one desired by merely shifting `the covers to one side or the other. In the drawings, compartment 3 is left open, disclosinga five-dollar bill therein.` Should it be wished to get out a two-dollarbill cover D "can be'slid to the right, covering compartment Sand opening compartment 2.

`In making change for a one-.dollar bill, com# partments 2, 3, and 4 will be covered, while compartment l, into which the bill has been placed, Will remain open, the change being taken from the tray; but suppose a two, five- `or ten-dollar bill is given, and it is desired to `get bills of a lower denomination to give in change. The fundamental principle for oper- ,ating the invention, is to leave open the compartment into which has been placed the given bill, so as to have it always in sight until the transaction is completed. In order to accomplish this end, and yet give access to the compartments, each cover is made with a removable lid. This may be arranged in any suitable manner, but l prefer to make it asa slide d running in grooves in theframc d2 of the cover, and adapted to move lengthwise ofthe compartment. other handle d3 by which to move it, and at the front end is preferably an upright lip or iiange d4, to be engaged by the change tray when the latter is pulled forward, and so The slide may have a rib or close the lid or lids which may have been opened. Guides G keepthe lids in linewith the covers When slid back, and `blocks H support the lids on a level with the frames. These lids give access to the compartmentswithout moving the covers, so that change for a large bill may be obtained without covering the compartment in which said bill has been placed; but to prevent mistakes, it is necessary to provide some means for preventing vthe tradesman from opening the lid of a compartment containing a larger billthan the one he is making change for, andyet give ICO free access to the compartments holding lower "bills, This is accomplished by providing compartments 2, 3, and 4 with a lock which prevents the lids from being opened when the cover has been moved over them from left to right, but does not fasten them when the cover has been moved from right to left. I prefer to use the lock shown in the drawings, in which a short rock shaft F is journaled in a hole in the rear Wall of each of the compartments 2, and 3. On the front end of each rock shaft is a rock armf. On the rear end is an oppositely disposed Weighted arm f', and a short arm f2 nearly at right angles thereto. The rock shaft stands normally with the arms ff vertical, as shown in Fig. 1; but when a cover is moved from left to right, the rear end of the cover, or preferably a tongue d5 thereon, strikes the armfand turns itv down to the right, thereby raising the weighted arm f and bringing up the intermediate arm f2 into an upright position, as shown in Fig. 3, so that it stands just behind the rear edge of the lid, and prevents it from being slid back. On the other hand, when cover D', for instance, is moved from right to left, from compartment 3 to compartment 2, its tongue d5 turns the arm fdown to the left and the arm f2 is carried still farther down, as shown in Fig. l, so that there is nothing to prevent 4the lid being slid back to open compartment 2. The stop at the rear of compartment 4 may be a permanent one F as shown, while no stop at all is needed at the rear of compartment l. From this construction it results that all the lids to the right of an open compartment are locked,

While those to the left are free to be opened.A

In making change, therefore, bills can only be taken from compartments holding lower denominations than the bill which has been given in, and which lies in the open compartment.

The invention is applicable to the change tray, as well as to the bill compartments, but for the sake of simplicity only the latter have been shown as equipped with the covers.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. The combination with a money till provided with compartments, of separate covers therefor, movable both laterally and longitudinally to uncover said compartments, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a money till provided with compartments, arranged side by side, of a separate cover for each compartment save one, said covers being laterally and longitudinally movable over said compartments, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a money till provided with-compartments arranged side by side, of a series of separate covers therefor,

one less in number than said compartments and movable both longitudinally and laterally over said compartments, and one or more guides for directing the lateral movement of said covers, substantially as described.

4. The combination With a money till provided with compartments, ofa series of covers therefor, one less in number than said compartments, and laterally movable over the same, and suitable locking devices adapted to prevent said covers from being opened when moved to the right, and to permit their free opening when moved to the left, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a money till provided with compartments, of a series of laterally movable covers therefor, and a lid in each cover, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a money till provided with compartments, of a series of laterally movable covers therefor, and a slide in each cover adapted to move lengthwise of the compartments,substantially as described.

7. The combination with a money till provided With compartments, of laterally movable covers for all but one of said compartments, each cover consisting of a grooved frame, and a lid sliding inthe grooves lengthwise of the compartment, substantially as described.

8. The combination with a money till provided With compartments, of laterally movable covers for all but one of said compartments, a movable lid in each cover, and means for locking all the lids on one side of the open compartment, and unlocking all the lids on the other side thereof, substantially as described.

9. The combination with a money till provided with compartments, of laterally movable covers for all but one of said compartments, a longitudinally movable lid in each cover-,and a locking device at the rear of one or more compartments consisting of a rock shaft having two oppositely disposed arms, and an intermediate arm, substantially as described.

10. The combination with a money till provided With compartments, and a sliding change tray above the same, of laterally movable covers for the compartments, a longitudinally sliding lid in each cover, and a lip on each lid to be engaged by the tray when it is pulled forward, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofl aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL R. DALEY.

Witnesses:

ABBA N. LINCOLN, CHARLES L. Foorn. 

